Jeremy's Blog

13 Jun

Climb Every Mountain, Follow Every Stream

by Jeremy Chance

I am not an anatomist or someone with a natural born interest in such matters.

It's a mountain of knowledge that I was never tempted to climb, sorry Julie Andrews.

As a boy, I didn't even tinker with my Meccano set - much to the chagrin of my dad. (Next he tried a cricket bat, but I wasn't much interested in that either. Poor dad.)

11 Jun

She Led Me Into An Unknown Place

by Jeremy Chance

Kie plays the flute, and beautifully too.

She is an attractive, bright student of Alexander's discovery at BodyChance, and yesterday she was asked me:

"I want to play more smoothly in this passage, can you help?"

08 Jun

Identity Confusion - Overcoming An Alexscovery Complex

by Jeremy Chance

Today I ran an assessment of a 2nd Stage trainees.

In BodyChance Pro - our training school for teachers - to "graduate" to your 3rd Stage of training, you must deliver an individual lesson to a beginner - that you find on your own - while one of your teachers observes the lesson. Today, I was the observing teacher!

07 Jun

Saying Yes to What is No

by Jeremy Chance

A lot of my teaching these days is about how to think.

For example, a student complained to me this morning that she was having trouble filling out her CV because of "pressure" in her hand.

I asked her to show me and - to any seasoned observer - it was immediately apparent why she was having problems. Downward pressure through head and spine as her preliminary act to writing. Obvious to me.

However - not apparent to her. Otherwise, why ask?

06 Jun

Smart Phone Mental Lock

by Jeremy Chance

Simon Cowell - the bitchy judge from Britain's Got Talent - recently announced he hadn't touched his Smart Phone for ten months. I guess it a lark of the elite NOT to HAVE a smart phone these days.

05 Jun

It's Not About Posture! Oh, but it is.

by Jeremy Chance

Alexscovery teachers love to diss the idea that our work is about "posture".

04 Jun

What's Better Than Having An Alexscovery Niche?

by Jeremy Chance

Along the way, many Alexscovery teachers have lamented to me about the ATSuccess 12-Step plan to building a niche community:

"But Jeremy, I don't have a niche. I love Alexander. WHAT DO I DO?"

01 Jun

What's a 2/98 Plan?

by Jeremy Chance

Have you ever heard of the Pareto Principle?

It's an interesting law that seems to hold true in multiple situations. It's known by another name - the 80|20 Principle - and the name is based on the discovery by Pareto that 20% of the people owned 80% of the land of Italy. That was a long time ago now.

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